Job 8:15

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They lean on their house, but it does not stand; they grasp it, but it does not hold firm.

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  • Job 27:18 : 18 He builds his house like a moth’s cocoon, like a hut made by a watchman.
  • Matt 7:24-27 : 24 Therefore, everyone who hears these words of mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 The rain came down, the rivers rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. 26 And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not act on them is like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. 27 The rain came down, the rivers rose, and the winds blew and struck against that house, and it collapsed with a great crash.
  • Luke 6:47-49 : 47 Everyone who comes to me and hears my words and puts them into practice, I will show you what they are like. 48 They are like a person building a house, who dug down deep and laid the foundation on rock. When a flood came, the torrent struck that house but could not shake it, because it was well built. 49 But the one who hears and does not act is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When the river burst against it, the house immediately fell, and its destruction was great.
  • Job 18:14 : 14 He is uprooted from the security of his tent and marched off to the king of terrors.
  • Ps 49:11 : 11 For he sees that even the wise die; the fool and the senseless alike perish and leave their wealth to others.
  • Ps 52:5-7 : 5 You love evil more than good, and falsehood more than speaking what is right. Selah. 6 You love all words that destroy, O deceitful tongue. 7 But God will tear you down forever; He will snatch and uproot you from your tent and dislodge you from the land of the living. Selah.
  • Ps 112:10 : 10 The wicked will see it and be angry; they will gnash their teeth and melt away. The desires of the wicked will perish.
  • Prov 10:28 : 28 The hope of the righteous is joy, but the expectation of the wicked will perish.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 8:16-17
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    16 They are green before the sun, and their shoots spread out over the garden.

    17 Their roots are entwined around a heap of rocks; they look for a home among the stones.

  • Job 8:14
    78%

    14 Their confidence is easily cut off, and their trust is like a spider's web.

  • Job 15:28-33
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    28 he will dwell in desolated cities, in houses no one inhabits, destined to become ruins.

    29 He will no longer be rich, and his wealth will not endure, nor will his possessions spread out across the land.

    30 He will not escape from darkness; a flame will dry up his branch, and the breath of God's mouth will carry him away.

    31 Let him not trust in worthlessness, deceiving himself, for worthlessness will be his reward.

    32 It will be fulfilled before his time, and his branch will not remain green.

    33 He will shake off his unripe grapes like a vine and cast away his blossoms like the olive tree.

  • Job 18:14-17
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    76%

    14 He is uprooted from the security of his tent and marched off to the king of terrors.

    15 What does not belong to him will dwell in his tent; burning sulfur will be scattered over his dwelling.

    16 His roots below will dry up, and his branches above will wither.

    17 His memory perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the public square.

  • Job 27:18-19
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    18 He builds his house like a moth’s cocoon, like a hut made by a watchman.

    19 The rich man lies down, but he will not be gathered; he opens his eyes, and he is no more.

  • Job 18:6-8
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    74%

    6 The light in his tent will grow dark, and the lamp above him will be extinguished.

    7 His vigorous steps will be restricted, and his own counsel will cast him down.

    8 For his feet are cast into a net, and he wanders into its mesh.

  • Prov 11:28-29
    2 verses
    73%

    28 Whoever trusts in his wealth will fall, but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf.

    29 Whoever troubles his own household will inherit the wind, and the fool will be a servant to the wise of heart.

  • Job 41:9
    72%

    9 They are joined to one another; they stick together and cannot be separated.

  • Ps 52:7
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    7 But God will tear you down forever; He will snatch and uproot you from your tent and dislodge you from the land of the living. Selah.

  • Job 20:27-28
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    71%

    27 The heavens will expose his guilt, and the earth will rise up against him.

    28 The produce of his house will be carried away, flowing away on the day of God's wrath.

  • Prov 6:15
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    15 Therefore his disaster will come suddenly; in an instant, he will be broken beyond healing.

  • Jer 22:13-14
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    13 Woe to him who builds his house without righteousness and his upper rooms without justice, making his neighbor work for nothing and not paying him for his labor.

    14 He says, 'I will build for myself a great house with spacious upper rooms,' cutting out large windows for it, paneling it with cedar, and painting it with vermilion.

  • Job 7:10
    71%

    10 He will never come back to his house; his place will know him no more.

  • Job 8:12
    71%

    12 While still in their greenness and not cut down, they wither more quickly than any grass.

  • Job 14:7-8
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    70%

    7 At least there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its shoots will not fail.

    8 Even if its roots grow old in the ground and its stump dies in the soil,

  • Job 20:19-20
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    70%

    19 For he has crushed and abandoned the poor; he has seized a house he did not build.

    20 Because he knew no peace in his heart, he will not retain any of his treasures.

  • Prov 14:11
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    11 The house of the wicked will be destroyed, but the tent of the upright will flourish.

  • Eccl 8:13
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    13 But it will not go well for the wicked, nor will they prolong their days like a shadow, because they do not fear God.

  • Job 18:19
    70%

    19 He has no offspring or posterity among his people, nor any survivor where he once lived.

  • Job 14:2
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    2 He springs up like a flower and withers away; he flees like a shadow and does not endure.

  • Jer 17:6
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    6 They will be like a shrub in the desert, dwelling in a parched place in the wilderness, in a land of salt where no one lives, and will not see when prosperity comes.

  • Job 12:14
    70%

    14 "What He tears down cannot be rebuilt; the man He imprisons cannot be set free."

  • Jer 17:8
    70%

    8 They will be like a tree planted by water, stretching out its roots by a stream. It will not fear when heat comes, and its leaves remain green. It will not worry in a year of drought or cease to produce fruit.

  • Zeph 1:13
    70%

    13 Their wealth will become plunder, and their houses a desolation. They will build houses but not live in them, and they will plant vineyards but not drink their wine.

  • Dan 11:19
    70%

    19 Afterward, he will turn back toward the fortresses of his own land, but he will stumble and fall and not be found again.

  • Ps 10:6
    69%

    6 He says in his heart, 'I shall not be moved; from generation to generation I shall be without trouble.'

  • Eccl 10:18
    69%

    18 Because of laziness, the roof sinks, and through idle hands, the house leaks.

  • Prov 12:7
    69%

    7 The wicked are overthrown and no more, but the house of the righteous stands firm.

  • Job 30:24
    69%

    24 Surely one does not stretch out a hand in ruin or cry for help in disaster.

  • Deut 28:30
    69%

    30 You will become engaged to a woman, but another man will violate her. You will build a house, but you will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard, but you will not enjoy its fruit.

  • Job 4:19
    69%

    19 How much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth!

  • Hab 2:9
    69%

    9 Woe to the one who gains unjust wealth for his house, to set his nest on high, to be safe from the reach of calamity!

  • Job 18:12
    69%

    12 Hunger consumes his strength, and calamity is ready at his side.

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